tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post4201342741998678472..comments2024-01-01T18:42:01.363-08:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: The Perfect ManLisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-37571418874992229882012-08-05T10:34:55.526-07:002012-08-05T10:34:55.526-07:00Both physical and emotional scars add deeply to ch...Both physical and emotional scars add deeply to characters. What a great theme to explore.Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-66199607244791641652012-08-05T08:02:30.258-07:002012-08-05T08:02:30.258-07:00I recently read Central Park Rendezvous, a collect...I recently read Central Park Rendezvous, a collection of 4 novellas featuring war heroes. Several of the men felt they were unlovable because of physical scars they bore. The stories partly stand out to me BECAUSE the heroes were not 'perfect.'Valerie Comerhttp://valeriecomer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-66318507298755844572012-08-01T23:08:32.761-07:002012-08-01T23:08:32.761-07:00Good thoughts, Dale. And yes, I'm still lookin...Good thoughts, Dale. And yes, I'm still looking for those emerald eyes. :-)Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-19387166249850953162012-08-01T21:13:45.538-07:002012-08-01T21:13:45.538-07:00I admit I get fed up with descriptions of beautifu...I admit I get fed up with descriptions of beautiful people with 'emerald eyes.' I don't know about you but I've never met anyone with that colour eyes. Green yes, emerald , no. And who wants someone who is all outward show? Not this person.We're getting sucked into the world's way of looking at people, from the outside.Dale Harcombehttp://www.daleharcombe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-15345316182918680142012-08-01T07:56:50.141-07:002012-08-01T07:56:50.141-07:00You're so right. I'm definitely going to s...You're so right. I'm definitely going to start looking at my h/h more their their eyes and not my own. Meaning how would THEY see each other, not just me or the reader. What do they want. . .what are they looking for.Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-63821402525023784492012-08-01T07:30:44.404-07:002012-08-01T07:30:44.404-07:00Lisa,
I have a geek for a hero in Disarming Andi, ...Lisa,<br />I have a geek for a hero in Disarming Andi, and a "plain girl" that the hero doesn't find necessarily attractive at first in Praying for Rayne. <br /><br />But maybe when someone is gorgeous or handsome it doesn't necessarily mean they are attractive to everyone, but to the hero or the heroine, which is important.Beth Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520683969654515049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-87209500495330659262012-08-01T06:27:26.391-07:002012-08-01T06:27:26.391-07:00Great insight, LeAnne.Great insight, LeAnne.Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-62008635775593759642012-08-01T05:45:00.194-07:002012-08-01T05:45:00.194-07:00My thought is your thought, Iola--the lover always...My thought is your thought, Iola--the lover always finds the person attractive even if no one else does and that is the POV from which we are writing. Maybe we need to show the lack of good looks before the emotions kick in, and then find those oddities we noted earlier endearing or unimportant compared tot he inner beauty.LeAnne Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433010038077925237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-10986197382747655022012-08-01T01:11:48.050-07:002012-08-01T01:11:48.050-07:00Very true, Donna. We can't have anyone all goo...Very true, Donna. We can't have anyone all good or bad as that isn't real life, is it?Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-60482504582668662252012-08-01T01:10:54.910-07:002012-08-01T01:10:54.910-07:00Good observation. In real life, people are attract...Good observation. In real life, people are attracted to all different kinds of people, both physically and their inner person. And in a romance, as you said, they will be attracted to someone they view as attractive. <br /><br />I do think it would be nice if we as authors could expand our h/h and have more of a variety of cultures, but another good point made is that those buying our books want a certain kind of story. Yes, there are always exceptions, but I've struggled with this in my own writing as readers and thus publishers want something inside their own culture. And sales seem to show this as true as well.Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-4475488848022347192012-07-31T16:48:40.481-07:002012-07-31T16:48:40.481-07:00What a great picture, Lisa! You know, I kindof pre...What a great picture, Lisa! You know, I kindof prefer the geeky guys--my mother said they were more likely to be trustworthy. i guess it's the same as for villans--they shouldn't be all bad, either. It certainly makes for more realism, if less fantasy.Donna Fletcher Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986333915483142722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-86238776628457071892012-07-31T14:26:36.331-07:002012-07-31T14:26:36.331-07:00There is a definite place for a bit more cultural ...There is a definite place for a bit more cultural variation in American Christian fiction. Writers like Lisa and Jeanette Windle are trying, but a lot of readers don't want to read anything outside their own familiar culture.<br /><br />But, back to looks. I think one thing to remember here is that we all have different definitions of attractive. <br /><br />For example, Kaye Dacus sometimes posts photographs of people she is thinking of when writing about specific characters. She describes them as attractive, but they always have a five o'clock shadow. My definition of male attractiveness starts with cleanshaven. So when I read her character descriptions of a handsome or attractive man, my mental picture is cleanshaven - even though I know hers wasn't. Mine will probably have dark hair and brown eyes - even if she describes him as a blue-eyed blonde. Mine is more likely to be a bit geeky (which is one reason I like her writing - her heroes tend to be writers and lawyers and chefs, which are a bit geeky).<br /><br />And the hero is often described from the point of view of the heroine. Of course she thinks he's attractive. That's the whole point, especially in a romance novel. But if ten readers took that basic description and then picked photos out of a lineup to match that basic 'attractive' description...<br /><br />...I'm sure they'd pick ten different people.Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-70495583689416496312012-07-31T11:51:22.945-07:002012-07-31T11:51:22.945-07:00Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. ...Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I find the subject interesting and want to make my own characters deeper than just their outside beauty. I'd like to see more of a variety in cultures in stories as well, Elise.Lisa Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-89439738439936546252012-07-31T10:20:49.041-07:002012-07-31T10:20:49.041-07:00Maybe we need two sets of books, one with the beau...Maybe we need two sets of books, one with the beautiful, one with the geeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-41328371390835927792012-07-31T09:44:48.185-07:002012-07-31T09:44:48.185-07:00Rochester (Jane Eyre) wasn't a geek, but he wa...Rochester (Jane Eyre) wasn't a geek, but he wasn't perfect either! Trying to think of a contemporary hero who's not gorgeous but haven't come up with one yet. Dr House (TV) was physically imperfect, a genious and a miserable human being. Was he a romantic hero? Dunno. :-)Alice Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218095053108888830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-22212072843931316362012-07-31T09:18:11.575-07:002012-07-31T09:18:11.575-07:00I do agree on books having gorgeous looking charac...I do agree on books having gorgeous looking characters normally of a Anglo-Saxon descent. I have noticed that alot of the Christian romantics books don't have the main characters of other cultures or ethnicities. The geeky love interest is a departure from your handsomely gorgeous love interest but we still are a ways to go in having real, imperfect characters who find love as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604552496777255456noreply@blogger.com